Safety-pin



s H. GOLDBERG.

SAFETY PIN. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 23. I916.

1,348,865, I Patented Aug. 10, 1920 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON H. GOLDBERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE HUMP HAIRPIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

SAFETY-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON H. GOLD- BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in safety pins and refers more particularly to a novel form of what may be called a hump safety pin. I have heretofore i11- vented what is known as the hump hairpin consisting of a three-legged hairpin, the central leg of which is a hump portion. This feature has been found to have many advantages ina hairpin. I have discovered'that the same idea can be advantageously applied to a safety pin.

Among the features of this novel form of safety pin are to provide a structure which does away with the coil which has always been the greatest drawback in safety pins inasmuch as the coil and sheath catch in the fabric and tear it; to provide a construction permitting of the use of maximum strength and minimum thickness, the present construction being of less bulk than the ordinary safety pins, particularly in that it lies flatter against the fabric and which has a special advantage in pinning skirt bands or any garment about the waist; to provide a construction which allows the device to pin clear to the end; in the ordinary coil safety pin the fabric pins only to the beginning of the coil, thus leaving the bulky end of the coil projecting or exposed, the present construction being preferably designed to lie flat, and is of special advantage in pinning together several layers of thin fabrics; to provide a construction which prevents the pin when in use from slipping from side to side and is of great advantage in pinning delicate fabrics like silk, chiffon, lace and crape as it prevents the holes made by inserting the point of pin from working against the edges of the pin and becoming larger; to provide a construction which gives the fingers a better purchase on the pin, and enables the hand to hold it firmly when inserting, which is a special advantage for use with infants wear; to provide a construction which can be economically and easily manufactured and which has novel features making it less resistant in selling; and in general to provide an improved construction of the character referred to.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the pin open.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the pin closed.

Fig. 3 is a view on an enlarged scale taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the central leg portion of the pin showing the hump construction.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the sheath portion which may be of any well-known construction, to which is attached a relatively stationary leg member 2. To the head of the leg member 2 is secured in the manner now to be described, the movable pin'or leg 3 adapted to fit into the sheath 1 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Intermediate the legs 2 and 3 is formed a central portion 4, comprising a twisted upper end 5, a hump portion 6 and a relatively flat end 7 which takes the form of a closed loop. The three leg members as shown in the drawings are made of a single piece of wire and the head portion 8 of the pin is devoid of any projections, which will catch in the garment. In certain cases, the hump portion might be omitted and the central leg consisting of the twisted part 5 and the flat loop portion 7 only. This can be accomplished by merely flattening the lower end of the central leg. The device is not limited to the details of construction shown except as specified in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A safety pin comprising a head and a body portion, the body portion being formed of a single piece of wire, having a pair of substantially parallel outer legs and an inner leg portion the latter being formed of a twisted upper end and a hump portion, and a relatively fiat terminal portion taking the form of a closed loop.

SOLOMON H. GOLDBERG. 

